Cupressaceae
Temple juniper
Juniperus rigida
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Juniperus
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- عرعر قاسي
- arz
- عرعر قاسى
- Bulgarian
- Твърда хвойна
- Chinese
- 杜松, 杜鬆, 刚桧, 刺柏叶, 崩松, 棒儿松, 软叶杜松
- English
- Temple juniper, Needle juniper
- Finnish
- Temppelikataja
- French
- Genévrier rigide, Genevrier rigide
- German
- Igel-Wacholder
- Icelandic
- Nálaeinir
- Japanese
- ネズ, ネズミサシ, ムロ, モロノキ, 杜松, 榁
- Korean
- 노간주나무
- lah
- مندر صنوبر
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tempeleiner
- Persian
- جونیپروس ریجیدا
- Russian
- Можжевельник твёрдый, Или Можжевельник жёсткий, Или Можжевельник твердолистный, Можжевельник жесткий, Можжевельник жёсткий, Можжевельник твердый
- Spanish
- Enebro de las pagodas
Synonyms
- Juniperus arborea Budischtschew ex Trautv.
- Juniperus communis Thunb.
- Juniperus conferta var. pseudorigida Makino
- Juniperus rigida f. modesta (Nakai) Y.C.Zhu
- Juniperus rigida subsp. pseudorigida (Makino) Kitam.
- Juniperus seoulensis Nakai
- Juniperus utilis Koidz.
- Juniperus utilis var. modesta Nakai
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.